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“The Ukip fox is in the Westminster hen house”

Nigel Farage today declared that Ukip is ‘re-writing political history’ after making in-roads into Labour, Tory and Lib Dem heartlands.

With half of local election results declared, Ukip has won more than 100 seats, leading Mr Farage to boast: ‘The Ukip fox is in the Westminster hen house.’

David Cameron rejected calls from Tory MPs to strike an electoral pact with Ukip, as Nick Clegg refused to resign after seeing the Lib Dems ousted from flagship councils.

But Ed Miliband came under the greatest pressure, with Labour MPs lining up to warn his ‘unprofessional’ and ‘weird’ campaign had failed to connect with voters with just a year until he launches a bid for Number 10.

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Because we still have a mighty military and just enough economic opportunity for just enough people that those who should know better can continue to delude themselves that we are not rotting from within and that the system is sound, only requiring a few sleights of bookkeeping magic (I’m looking at you, Paul Ryan).

The Brits, on the other hand, have lost their empire and are being forced by their betters to be a part of a German-dominated EU. The average bloke there knows he has very little chance to rise about his station at birth and that a chronic health condition will go untreated.

I’m nor surprised it’s happening there first. Now let’s see how their Establishment fights back.

The problem is that the political system in the UK allows for incrementalism and respects 3rd and 4th (and however many) parties.

The United States, whether formally or informally, or both, really, is rigged against that ever happening. You can never displace the establishment, so you the best you can hope for is assimilation and maybe they’ll take some of your ideas. But you will never ever take their place.

This. That’s why I’m for the run-off type election (can’t recall the technical name) where voting is done by ranking the candidates.

You can bet that the first two choices of indies, libertarians & conservatives will almost always unseat the GOPe choice in a 3 or more way runoff.

And maybe, we ought to revert back to where the Founding Fathers planned that the loser in a POTUS election becomes vice-president. Imagine the fun we’d have with CiC (sic) Oboobie and McVain then Mittness as his Veep.

This. That’s why I’m for the run-off type election (can’t recall the technical name) where voting is done by ranking the candidates.

You can bet that the first two choices of indies, libertarians & conservatives will almost always unseat the GOPe choice in a 3 or more way runoff.

And maybe, we ought to revert back to where the Founding Fathers planned that the loser in a POTUS election becomes vice-president. Imagine the fun we’d have with CiC (sic) Oboobie and McVain then Mittness as his Veep.

AH_C on May 23, 2014 at 2:42 PM

Democratics would immediately go to court and get that thrown out by claiming it’s too complex a topic for their typical voter, and it probably is.